Also referred to as
HomePNA. A de facto home networking standard developed by the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance. This technology, building on
Ethernets, allows all the components of a home
network to interact over the home's existing telephone wiring without disturbing the existing voice or fax services. In the same way a
LAN operates, home networking processes, manages, transports and stores information, which enables the disparate devices in a home network such as telephones, fax machines,
desktops,
laptops,
printers, scanners and Web cameras to connect and integrate over a home's unpredictable wiring topology.
HPNA technology must coexist with telephone service and comply with FCC Part 68.
